Sanitary inclosing means for toothbrushes



Aug; 20-, 1924. 1,506,257

H. P. SCHMIDT SANITARY INCLOSING MEANS FOR TOOTHBRUSHES Filed 001:. 31 1923 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES HARRY P. SCHMIDT,

OF NEW YORK, N.

SANITARY INGLOSING MEANS FOR TOOTHBRUSHES.

Application filed October 31, 1923. Serial No. 671,941.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY P. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Inclosing Means for Toothbrushes, of which the following is the specification.

The device, the subject of this invention is a casing or small cabinet in which a tooth brush is adapted to be placed, after use and the special objects of the invention are to provide a device of cheap construction, simple in design and operation and most of all, sanitary.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described, so constructed that it may be used individually or in groups and when used in groups, each cabinet or casing will have identification means and each and every cabinet or casing, whether employed singly or in groups will be provided with antiseptic means, readily removable or interchangeable.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawings Fi 1, is a plan view of a punchin whi' when bent on the lines indicated wi form a cabinet.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal, sectional view.

Fig. 3, is a plan view of the punching which forms the door.

Fi 4, is a front sectional view, this section eing taken on the line 4- 1 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5, is a perspective view of my device assembled.

Fig. 6, is a top plan view, the support being shown in section.

- Fig. 7, is an assembled View of a of casings.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

My casing may be made of any suitable material, such as metal, celluloid or any other material found convenient. If made of metal, I prefer that aluminum be used, although any other metal may be employed and the device may or may not be enameled or otherwise treated to prevent corrosion and to add to the decorative effect.

In the preferred construction, the device, is formed of aluminum and in the construcplurality tion of the device, the casing itself is punched flat from a sheet of aluminum, the punching having the general appearance of the. member shown in Fig. l and the door or cover being formed flat as the member shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. l, the downwardly depending portion 10, comprises the back and one end of the device and formed upon the back portion are outstanding and perforated lugs 11 and. 12, through which suitable screws or nails will be passed to secure the device in position.

Unless several casings are to be employed or arranged side by side, in each event the lugs may be passed through the slots 13 in the barld, shown-in Fig; 7 and bent downward upon the bar as shown in Fig. 6. When thus secured, screws or nails are passed through the perforations 15 and 16 in th bar 14 and will support the bar and all devices secured thereto.

Again referring to Fig. 1, formed integral with the member 10 are outstanding portions 17 and 18, which become the sides of the casing and each outstanding portion is provided with slots 19 and 20 adjacent the lower edge and through which the lugs 11 and 12, previously referred to, will pass.

The short extensions 21 and 22 areadapted to be folded back from the edges of the back portion 10, as shown in Fig. 2. The small projections 23 and 24, formed at the up or end of the member 10 are folded inward for a purpose that shall appear later and after the tongues 25 and 26 on the membars 17 and 18 are passed through the slots 27 and 28 on the downwardly depending member 10, the extended portion 29 of the member 10 is bent inward upon the projections 25 and 26 for a purpose that shall appear later.

It will be understood that the member 10 is bent on the line 30 to form a bottom for the casing and that the inwardly bent portion 29 will leave a recess or hole in the bottom of the casing as shown at 31, throu h which the brush will be introduced. T e edges 32 and 33 of the sides 17 and 18 are rolled inward as shown in Fig. 5, to assist in the ready insertion and withdrawal of a tooth brush.

The cover 34 as shown in Fig. 3 has side extensions 35 and 36, bent inward upon the dotted lines 37 and 38 and formed integral with the extensions are perforated lugs 39 and 40, which form a part of the hinge upon which the cover rotates. The other portion of- -:,.the hinge or pintle therefor, is formed by forcing inward, the metal surrounding the perforations 41 and 42 in the sides 17 and 18 and when the lugs 39 and 40 are arrangedupon the inwardly pressed metal surrounding the perforations 41 and 42, the metal is crushed downward upon the lugs 39 and 40.

In the door, I slit and force outward a plurality of projections or lugs as shown at 43, 41 and 45, placing under these lugs a slip of white celluloid or water proofed card board as shown at 46 and by bending the lugs 43-45 upon the card board slip 46, this member is retained.

Within the casing and against the back wall thereof and retained by the small projections 23 and 24, previously referred to, I arrange a member carrying a suitable antiseptic solution. This member may be a piece of blotting paper or absorbent card board, which has previously been saturated with a suitable antiseptic solution and dried. The moisture from the introduction of a wet brush will liberate the antiseptic solution. Such antiseptic solutions are known, any of which will operate in the manner described and my construction is such as shown, that the absorbent member at? may be removed at will and a new antiseptic orsterilizing member substituted, when desired.

It will be noted that the cover of my device does not reach the top 48 of the casing. It will also be noted that I provide perforations 41 and 42 in the sides 17 and 18 and that a portion of the bottom is omitted as will be noted at 31. Thus I provide a sufficient circulation to insure the drying of the brush and the circulation of the antiseptic.

It will be noted that the hinge of the cover is away from the ends thereof. That the cover is really semi-balanced and that the outer end of the cover projects into the easin when the cover is opened. This I consider important as it makes my casing a one handed device. To remove the brush, it is only necessary to pull the handle outward and downward; the cover will open and the brush will be liberated. In returnin the brush, the head of the brush is move upward toward the top of the casing; the upper end of the brush head enga ing the upper end of the cover will cause t e cover to close. 7

Modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the principal or sacrificing the advanta es of the invention.

If it is not desired to use an absorbent member 47, carrying an antiseptic solution, a readily removable celluloid strip may be .here employed, which may be removed for cleaning. This will add materially to the attractiveness and efficiency of the device.

Having carefully and fully described my nvention, what I claim and desire to obtain 1. A sanitary inclosing means fortooth brushes comprising a casing, the top, sides and back of which are of integral formation,

the side members being provided with slots and ventilating perforations and having tongues extending therefrom and the back member being provided with slots, lugs formed integral with and extending outwardly from said back member, the tongues of said side members being adapted to pass through the slots in said back and the lugs of said back member being adapted to pass through the slots in said sidemembers, to secure the whole in operable position.

2. Asanitary inclosing means for tooth brushes comprising an oblong casing having a coverprovided with hinges, arranged between one. end and mid-length of said cover, a plurality of lugs formed in the cover and an identification means secured by said ln s, the pintles of said hinge being formed 1ntegr'al with the inclosing means and having perforations extending through said pintles to increase the circulation of air through said casing. 

